Adolescent fertility rate — all countries

Adolescent fertility rate — Italy

Adolescent fertility rate in Italy in 2024 — 2.9 per 1,000. Ranked 17 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 85.4%.

2024 2.9 per 1,000 +0.67% vs 2023
World rank 17of 217
Period maximum 31.9 per 1,0001974
Period minimum 2.9 per 1,0002023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 women aged 15–19

Adolescent fertility rate — Italy, 1960–202401020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 19.7 per 1,0001962: 18.6 per 1,0001964: 22.2 per 1,0001966: 25.9 per 1,0001968: 26.7 per 1,0001970: 26.7 per 1,0001972: 28.9 per 1,0001974: 31.9 per 1,0001976: 29.3 per 1,0001978: 24.2 per 1,0001980: 19.6 per 1,0001982: 16.9 per 1,0001984: 14.2 per 1,0001986: 11 per 1,0001988: 10 per 1,0001990: 8.9 per 1,0001992: 8.1 per 1,0001994: 7.6 per 1,0001996: 6.9 per 1,0001998: 6.3 per 1,0002000: 7.2 per 1,0002002: 6.9 per 1,0002004: 7.1 per 1,0002006: 6.6 per 1,0002008: 7.1 per 1,0002010: 6.9 per 1,0002012: 6.4 per 1,0002014: 5.6 per 1,0002016: 4.8 per 1,0002018: 4.1 per 1,0002020: 3.3 per 1,0002022: 3 per 1,0002024: 2.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −16.9 (−85.45%) Average annual rate: -2.97 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Italy

Italy 2.9 per 1,000
World 38.3 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 11.4 per 1,000
Southern Europe computed 5.1 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8 per 1,000
Adolescent fertility rate — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.9 +0 +0.67%
2023 2.9 −0.1 −4.55%
2022 3 −0 −0.93%
2021 3 −0.3 −8.47%
2020 3.3 −0.4 −10.46%
2019 3.7 −0.4 −9.45%
2018 4.1 −0.3 −7.13%
2017 4.4 −0.4 −8.18%
2016 4.8 −0.4 −7.22%
2015 5.1 −0.5 −8.15%
2014 5.6 −0.3 −5.06%
2013 5.9 −0.5 −8.13%
2012 6.4 −0.2 −2.6%
2011 6.6 −0.3 −3.95%
2010 6.9 −0.2 −2.28%
2009 7 −0.1 −0.82%
2008 7.1 +0.3 +4.99%
2007 6.7 +0.1 +1.46%
2006 6.6 −0.1 −1.88%
2005 6.8 −0.4 −5.33%
2004 7.1 +0.2 +2.94%
2003 6.9 +0 +0.23%
2002 6.9 −0.1 −0.94%
2001 7 −0.2 −2.55%
2000 7.2 +0.2 +3.33%
1999 6.9 +0.6 +9.85%
1998 6.3 −0 −0.32%
1997 6.3 −0.6 −8.64%
1996 6.9 −0.3 −4.31%
1995 7.3 −0.4 −4.9%
1994 7.6 −0.5 −5.73%
1993 8.1 +0 +0.09%
1992 8.1 −0.4 −4.89%
1991 8.5 −0.4 −4.94%
1990 8.9 −0.4 −4.79%
1989 9.4 −0.6 −5.98%
1988 10 −0.1 −1.01%
1987 10.1 −0.9 −7.82%
1986 11 −1.6 −13%
1985 12.6 −1.6 −11.57%
1984 14.2 −1.3 −8.21%
1983 15.5 −1.4 −8.19%
1982 16.9 −0.7 −4.2%
1981 17.6 −2 −10.04%
1980 19.6 −2.3 −10.54%
1979 21.9 −2.3 −9.48%
1978 24.2 −2 −7.75%
1977 26.2 −3.1 −10.62%
1976 29.3 −1.8 −5.82%
1975 31.2 −0.7 −2.2%
1974 31.9 +1.7 +5.58%
1973 30.2 +1.3 +4.38%
1972 28.9 +1.5 +5.64%
1971 27.4 +0.7 +2.44%
1970 26.7 +0.3 +1.29%
1969 26.4 −0.3 −1.21%
1968 26.7 +0.5 +1.92%
1967 26.2 +0.3 +1.27%
1966 25.9 +1.4 +5.79%
1965 24.5 +2.2 +9.9%
1964 22.2 +2.5 +12.9%
1963 19.7 +1.1 +6%
1962 18.6 −0.5 −2.83%
1961 19.1 −0.6 −3.03%
1960 19.7

About the indicator

The number of births per thousand women aged 15–19 during a year. The indicator is closely tied to the education of girls, the availability of contraception and the age at marriage, which is why it is used as a summary measure of the position of adolescent girls. Early childbirth is dangerous medically — maternal mortality is higher in this age group — and socially: it usually means interrupted schooling.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the female population as a whole rather than by the 15–19 age group: the catalog has no separate series for the size of that group, and its share among women differs about twofold across countries.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.